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Restoration by God
Ezekiel 37:12-14 (NLT)
Therefore, prophesy to them and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Omy people, I will open your graves of exile and cause you to rise again. Then I will bring you back to the land of Israel.Created 12 days ago
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False king dethroned
Isaiah 6:1 (NLT)
It was in the year King Uzziah died that I saw the Lord. He was sitting on a lofty throne, and the train of his robe filled the Temple.Created 12 days ago
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The Awesomeness of God
Isaiah 40:26 (NLT)
Look up into the heavens. Who created all the stars? He brings them out like an army, one after another, calling each by its name. Because of his great power and incomparable strength, not a single one is missing.Created 17 days ago
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Time to Favor Zion
Psalm 102:13 (MSG)
You'll get up from your throne and help Zion-it's time for compassionate help.Created 23 days ago
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Time to Favor Zion
Psalm 102:13 (MSG)
You'll get up from your throne and help Zion-it's time for compassionate help.Created 28 days ago
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PREOCCUPIED
During the second Manassas campaign, General Robert E. Lee was deeply preoccupied with the problems of the battle. Things were going badly, and he was absorbed in thought as he rode by a battery of artillery.…
Created about 1 month ago
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WHERE IS THE MUSIC?
A cynical French astronomer once bragged to J.W. Hawley, "I have swept the universe with my telescope, and I find no God." To this, Hawley simply replied, "That is as unreasonable as for me to say I have…
Created about 1 month ago
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TIED TO THE MAST
Writer Charles Kingsley tells of the time he visited the famous artist, Turner, and complimented him on his painting of a stormy sea. "How did you capture such drama in the work?" Kingsley asked. "I went…
Created about 1 month ago
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play by rule for God's Trophy
Psalm 58:11 (MSG)
Everyone cheering, "It's worth it to play by the rules! God's handing out trophies and tending the earth!"Created about 1 month ago
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NAIL HOLES
Seeking to make the consequences of careless living clear to his son, a father told him to drive a nail into the post every time he did something wrong. Then each time the boy did a kindly act, he was…
Created about 1 month ago
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WAITING
Once, during the trying days of the Civil War, President Lincoln was found pacing the floors of the White House. He was lonely and troubled as reports from Gettysburg flowed in. Finally, he closed the…
Created about 1 month ago
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FROM THE RUINS
Henry Ward Beecher, who had known much sorrow in his own life, remarked, "There are many fruits that never turn sweet until the frost has lain upon them; there are many nuts that never fall from the bough…
Created about 1 month ago
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FROM THE RUINS
Henry Ward Beecher, who had known much sorrow in his own life, remarked, "There are many fruits that never turn sweet until the frost has lain upon them; there are many nuts that never fall from the bough…
Created about 1 month ago
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GIFT OF GUIDANCE
Aristotle, the famous Greek philosopher, once noted, "They who educate children well are more honored than they who produce them: for these only gave them life, those, the art of living." These wise words…
Created about 1 month ago
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THE BLOT
Once when the English author John Ruskin visited a friend, he found her very upset. She had ruined an expensive handkerchief by a blot of indelible ink. "Nothing can be done about it," she cried. Ruskin…
Created about 1 month ago
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play by rule for God's Trophy
Psalm 58:11 (MSG)
Everyone cheering, "It's worth it to play by the rules! God's handing out trophies and tending the earth!"Created about 1 month ago
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play by rule for God's Trophy
Psalm 58:11 (MSG)
Everyone cheering, "It's worth it to play by the rules! God's handing out trophies and tending the earth!"Created about 1 month ago
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play by rule for God's Trophy
Psalm 58:11 (MSG)
Everyone cheering, "It's worth it to play by the rules! God's handing out trophies and tending the earth!"Created about 1 month ago
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play by rule for God's Trophy
Psalm 58:11 (MSG)
Everyone cheering, "It's worth it to play by the rules! God's handing out trophies and tending the earth!"Created about 1 month ago
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play by rule for God's Trophy
Psalm 58:11 (MSG)
Everyone cheering, "It's worth it to play by the rules! God's handing out trophies and tending the earth!"Created about 1 month ago
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WHEN GOD SAYS "NO"
James Russell Lowell wisely observed, "There is no good arguing with the inevitable; the only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat." Although there are times we must learn to…
Created about 1 month ago
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HOPE LIKE PREGNANCY
Romans 8:24-25 (MSG)
That is why waiting does not diminish us, any more than waiting diminishes a pregnant mother. We are enlarged in the waiting. We, of course, don't see what is enlarging us.Created about 1 month ago
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HOPE
Isaiah 40:28-29 (MSG)
Don't you know anything? Haven't you been listening? God doesn't come and go. God lasts. He's Creator of all you can see or imagine. He doesn't get tired out, doesn't pause to catch his breath. And he knows everything, inside and out.Created about 1 month ago
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SEND A MAN
When Clara Barton saw the carnage of Antietam, she was moved to help dying men. This former schoolteacher and patent clerk became obsessed with the idea that "a man can have no greater need than to be…
Created about 1 month ago
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CANADA'S COLD
A prominent Canadian talked about the interdependence of his country and the United States. He said, "Economically, when the United States sneezes, Canada gets a cold." While some may object to such close…
Created about 1 month ago
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WAKE TO CRITICIZE
Each morning, a devout young Persian rose before daybreak to pray and read the Koran. One such morning, his father awoke and the boy said to him, "Behold, thy other children are lost in irreligious slumbers.…
Created about 1 month ago
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I CAN SEE YOU
Clara Barton nursed the dying on the bloody battlefield of Antietam. One night in the barn where the wounded were kept, she stopped to comfort an injured boy. She heard him gasp, "Shall I die alone...here...in…
Created about 1 month ago
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THE HARE AND THE HOUND
Aesop tells of the hare casually nibbling grass in the thicket when a hungry hound came upon him. The hare shot out from the woods and finally outran the scrambling dog. When the rabbit stopped, a nearby…
Created about 1 month ago
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WHERE THE LIGHT SHINES
A father and his young son were traveling though a dense forest late one night. They had only a flashlight, and the night sounds frightened the boy. "Let's turn back," the boy begged. "The light shines…
Created about 1 month ago
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KICK THE TRAP
A little girl was distressed when her brother made a bird trap to catch sparrows. She began to pray that it would fall apart. One day her face became radiant, and she began to pray hard for three days.…
Created about 1 month ago
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THE UMBRELLA
During a particularly hot summer, a group of farmers gathered in their church to pray for rain. The dry weather threatened their livelihood, and their situation was desperate. After the service, one little…
Created about 1 month ago
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THE PRAYER PUMP
Prayer has often been compared to an old water pump. When a pump is frequently used, the water pours out at the first stroke because the water level is high. But, if the pump has not been used for awhile,…
Created about 1 month ago
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PAST FEELING
In 1906, a beautiful baby boy was born into a German home. As a child he was sensitive to the things of the Lord, but as a young adult he became very bitter. At twenty-six, he joined the Nazi party and…
Created about 1 month ago
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DIVIDED HEART
The old story of the mule caught in indecision between two piles of hay is a classic. The poor animal moved toward one pile to eat, only to be distracted by the aroma from the other. Back and forth he…
Created 2 months ago
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WARMING RAYS
The biting wind of winter makes us draw our wraps around us tightly; when the warm and gentle rays of the sun envelop us in the spring, we take off our coats and bask in them. Similarly, a person who…
Created 2 months ago
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The Still
On many British vessels when disaster strikes, "the still" is sounded. This signals people to pause a moment and figure out the wise thing to do. Panic, sailors feel, can be avoided if "the still" is…
Created 2 months ago
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NEVER GIVE UP
A doctor in Missouri quit that profession to become a shipping clerk in a mid-western bookstore. Apparently, things became so difficult for him in the medical profession that he gave up and settled for…
Created 2 months ago
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MEN WHO ALMOST WERE
History is filled with men who almost made it. A history teacher asked, "What do Charles Pinckney, Horatio Seymour, Alton Parker, and James Cox have in common?" No one knew. Each man ran for the United…
Created 2 months ago
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Christ's strength in your weakness
Revelation 3:8 (MSG)
"I see what you've done. Now see what I've done. I've opened a door before you that no one can slam shut. You don't have much strength, I know that; you used what you had to keep my Word. You didn't deny me when times were rough.Created 3 months ago
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Christ's strength in your weakness
2 Corinthians 12:9 (MSG)
and then he told me, My grace is enough; it's all you need. My strength comes into its own in your weakness. Once I heard that, I was glad to let it happen. I quit focusing on the handicap and began appreciating the gift. It was a case of Christ's strength moving in on my weakness.Created 3 months ago
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Christ's strength in your weakness
2 Corinthians 12:9 (MSG)
and then he told me, My grace is enough; it's all you need. My strength comes into its own in your weakness. Once I heard that, I was glad to let it happen. I quit focusing on the handicap and began appreciating the gift. It was a case of Christ's strength moving in on my weakness.Created 3 months ago
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Earned a Badge — 21-Day Challenge
2012-02-24
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Psalm 9:10
Psalm 9:10 (NLT)
Those who know your name trust in you, for you, OLORD, do not abandon those who search for you.Created 3 months ago
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all powerful God
Job 42:2 (NLT)
“I know that you can do anything, and no one can stop you.Created 4 months ago
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God owns all
Job 1:21 (NLT)
He said, “I came naked from my mother’s womb, and I will be naked when I leave. The LORD gave me what I had, and the LORD has taken it away. Praise the name of the LORD!”Created 4 months ago
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the spirit is stronger
Proverbs 18:14 (NLT)
The human spirit can endure a sick body, but who can bear a crushed spirit?Created 4 months ago
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veil on unbelievers
2 Corinthians 3:16-18 (NLT)
But whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.Created 4 months ago
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the ears is important
Exodus 15:26 (KJV)
And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee.Created 4 months ago
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faith comes from hearing
Romans 10:17 (KJV)
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.Created 4 months ago
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lift up your head ye gates
Psalm 24:7-10 (KJV)
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.Created 4 months ago
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God's Promise
Leviticus 26:9-12 (NCV)
“ ‘Then I will show kindness to you and let you have many children; I will keep my agreement with you.Created 4 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2012-01-28
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2012-01-06
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights
2012-01-05
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks
2011-08-14
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Earned a Badge — Completed 3 Reading Plans
2011-05-30
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Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan
2011-05-23
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Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference
2011-05-23
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Earned a Badge — Shared a Reading Plan
2011-03-05
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2011-03-05
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2011-03-03